A. Scott Bolden, a partner at Reed Smith in Washington, D.C., didn’t listen to his lawyers’ advice after an ex-girlfriend called him about his long-rumored daughter.
Washington D.C.’s top lawyer resigned Monday, reportedly amid growing frustration that the mayor was leaving key legal decisions to his general counsel.
D.C. Attorney General Linda Singer, who was spearheading…
In a blow to the Bush administration’s effort to keep its roster of visitors private, a federal judge has ruled that the White House visitor logs are public.
Law practice didn’t work out for Hillard Quint, who gave up his Georgia license in 1997 to resolve a disciplinary matter. So the enterprising ex-attorney apparently found another way to…
When Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo hired a predominantly minority practice group in 2005, newspaper accounts touted the “bold stroke” that doubled the firm’s number of minority partners…
Lawyers for 11 Yemeni detainees yesterday asked a federal judge to begin a formal inquiry into whether the CIA violated a preservation order when it destroyed two videotapes of interrogations…
Updated: A Washington, D.C., group of lawyers and legal staffers is helping the homeless with an annual holiday clothing drive and a summer fundraiser.
An amended lawsuit filed Monday claims guards employed by Blackwater Worldwide ignored orders to stay in a secure area the day they shot and killed 17 Iraqis.
Responding to a legal action initiated by multiple media organizations, the Louisiana judge in an upcoming trial of one of the Jena 6 defendants says he will open Mychal Bell’s…
As hundreds of lawyers in cities throughout the U.S. joined in peaceful protests today to support fellow attorneys in Pakistan, the legal system there continues in a chaotic state, particularly…
The administrative judge who sued a dry cleaners for $54 million for losing his pants will not be reappointed, a Washington, D.C., lawyer has confirmed.
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